Compare/gpt-oss-120B (low) vs Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct

gpt-oss-120B (low)vsOlmo 3.1 32B Instruct

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

OpenAI

gpt-oss-120B (low)

Input
$0.15/M
Output
$0.6/M
Speed
255 tok/s
TTFT
0.51s
Allen Institute for AI

Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct

Input
$0.2/M
Output
$0.6/M
Speed
55 tok/s
TTFT
0.23s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
gpt-oss-120B (low)
Faster (tok/s)
gpt-oss-120B (low)
Lower Latency
Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct
Benchmarks (11-0)
gpt-oss-120B (low)

Pricing Comparison

Metricgpt-oss-120B (low)Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct
Input ($/M tokens)$0.15$0.2
Output ($/M tokens)$0.6$0.6
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
gpt-oss-120B (low)$0.21
Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct$0.26

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
gpt-oss-120B (low)
255 tok/s
Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct
55 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
gpt-oss-120B (low)
0.51s
Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct
0.23s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
24.512.2
Coding Index
15.55.6
Math Index
66.7
GPQA Diamond
67.2%53.9%
MMLU-Pro
77.5%
LiveCodeBench
70.7%
AIME 2025
66.7%
MATH-500
Humanity's Last Exam
5.2%4.9%
SciCode
36.0%16.7%
IFBench
58.3%39.2%
TerminalBench
5.3%0.0%
gpt-oss-120B (low)11 wins
0 winsOlmo 3.1 32B Instruct

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, gpt-oss-120B (low) or Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct?

gpt-oss-120B (low) is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.26/M tokens vs $0.30/M for Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct.

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

gpt-oss-120B (low) wins 11 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 0 for Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

gpt-oss-120B (low) generates tokens faster at 255 tok/s vs 55 tok/s. However, Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct has lower time-to-first-token (0.23s vs 0.51s).

When should I use gpt-oss-120B (low) vs Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct?

Choose based on your priorities: gpt-oss-120B (low) for lower cost, gpt-oss-120B (low) for stronger benchmark performance, and gpt-oss-120B (low) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.